Nelson v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
415 F.2d 483 · 1969
Citation profile
89 federal appellate · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 103 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 1998 · most notably Geders v. United States (1976), Brooks v. Tennessee (1972)
89 federal appellate · 9 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2113 · 18 U.S.C. § 371
Relies on Pereira v. United States · Desist v. United States · Brulotte Et Al. v. Thys Company · United States v. Falcone · Ingram v. United States
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 103 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is not necessary . . . that a defendant enter into the unlawful agreement at its inception. [Citations omitted.] . . . [I]f a person later joins an already formed conspiracy knowing of the unlawful purpose, he may be held responsible for the acts done in furtherance of the conspiracy . . . .” Nelson v. United States, 415 F.2d 483, 486 (5th Cir. 1969).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“‘‘The order of proof at trial is a matter almost wholly within the discretion of the trial court. United States v. Harris, 391 F.2d 348 (6th Cir. 1968); Strauss v. United States, 311 F.2d 926 (5th Cir. 1963); Anthony v. United States, 256 F.2d 50 (9th Cir. 1958).” (Emphasis added) 415 F.2d at 487 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“to include all financial institutions whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Although the evidence showed that the defendant knew that the money he received had been stolen from a bank, the Nelson court asked”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.